As a Procurement Manager, you will have the responsibility to manage a group of suppliers from PO placement through order delivery work, ensuring that product is delivered on time, meets quality standards, and at the right cost
What You Will Do
- Execute buyer standard work to manage a group of suppliers, using appropriate systems and tools to place demand, confirm commits and ensuring on time delivery
- Process and maintain RFQs, purchase orders and portal activities for suppliers
- Analyze and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
- Manage the supplier relationship and improvement activities, looking for trends and managing supplier risks, using procurement tools
- Review critical shortages with stakeholders and work with suppliers to improve deliveries, follow up on actions to effectively close gaps
- Work with suppliers to create a Line of Balance (LOB) and WIP Tracker to indicate part recovery status as needed
- Analyze root causes to lead resolution to a permanent fix that will mitigate a repeat of overdue deliveries
- Drive delivery improvement plans such as overdue reduction, and buffer compliance
- Work with BU to Eliminate risks and roadblocks such as outstanding SRIs, CADs, and FAIs that prevent suppliers from meeting performance targets, and escalate as needed
- Take initiative in leading alternate solutions to resolve operational challenges
- Work cross-functionally on projects in support of procurement.
- Utilize project management skills and techniques when managing suppliers
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
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